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VOL. 34, NO. 44
IIEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR
1500 PEOPLE HEAR
CANADIAN OFFICERS
Trench Warfare Is Described and
Veterans Tell of Some of the
Things Our Boys Must
Face'
SOMK THINGS THEY TOLD tJB.
When writing to the boys,
write cheerful letters and above
all, write often.
"Knit socks, and more socks."
Knit ' them long In the leg and a
little tight Just above the calf, so
they will not slip down and become
uncomfortable.
When sending; packages, cake
chocolate Is an article desired by
the men. It caa be carried by
them and eaten on long marches.
Short candles will lighten
many a dark dugout in the trench
es and brlng"joy to the hearts of
the soldiers. v . -
Don't listen to peace talk.
There will be no peace until it
comes time for our peace and It
will be signed on German soil.
"General Pershing's men,
whom I saw in London were the
finest looking army of men I ever
saw and their conduct was exem
plary while off duty." Major Ed
wards. Morrow county people had the war
brought to them in a clear manner
Tuesday evening, when Major F. B
Edwards and Captain E. J. Gook, of
the Canadian army spoke before 1500
people in the Fair Pavilion."
Major Edwards and Captain Gook
have been making a tour of the state
of Oregon, speaking in the principal
towns and cities and on their Journey
have been accompanied by Bruce Den
lila, director of work of the state
council of defense. It was through
the efforts of Mr. Dennis that the
state council was able to secure these
men, "to bring certain sections of
Oregon out of their lethargy" regard
ing the war. The speaking tour will
end next week. '
The men were greeted at the train
by a reception committee, headed by
Sam E. Van Vactor, chairman of the
local defense council, andLtaken. to
the palace noiei, wnere a oanquei naa
been prepared In their honor. Two
hundred men Bat down and ate with
the distinguished visitors and after
dinner, both Major Edwards and
Captain Gook made short talks after
they had been welcomed to our coun
ty by District Attorney S. E. Notson.
In opening his speech at the Fair
pavilion, Major Edwards paid a high
tribute to the manhood of Oregon
when he said, "while traveling over
your state I have been sizing up your
young men. Being connected with
men as I have, I have made a special
study of faces. In your young men I
can see that frankness and firm re
solve which is going to make a damn
Tough time for the Hun when the
men from Oregon get over there in
France."
Trench warfare in all its details
was graphically described by Major
Edwards from the time the position
is marked off until the trench is fin
ished and occupied by its defenders.
As Captain Gook said, "once the Can
adians capture a trench now, they
never give it up."
Both Major Edwards and Captain
Gook told of Hun methods of warfare,
their use of the deadly gas, dum dum
bullets and acts of treachery, which
made it exceptionally hard for the
Canadians in their first contingents
that went over.
Major Edwards was a lieutenant
in the Canadian militia regiment,
30th British Columbia Horse at the
outbreak of the war. When the reg
iment arrived in Flanders It went in
to the trenches In the Ploegstreet sec
tor, then the Dlckebusch sector, fol
lowed by service at Hill 63. The
Major (then a captain) told his au
dieince how his battalion received
orders to capture and hold this po
sition at all costs. His men fulfilled
the orders, but the cost was enormous
almost the entire brigade being wiped
out in the terrific fighting at that
time.
Major Edwards was wounded for
the first time during the Sancturary
Wood action, being shot in the hip.
Upon his return to his regiment It
was moved to the Somme. At Re
glna trench, the gallant officer was
wounded for the last time and per
manently retired from active service.
Both his arms were torn off by high
explosives. So terrific wae the ex
plosion that Major Edwards was
blown completely out of the trench,
and a number of men who were
standing near him just before the ex
plosion were blown literally to pieces.
A noticeable feature of the talks
made by these men was that they
made no reference whatever to the
wounds they received while in action.
Utmost modesty marked their every
utterance. Tet their message was
filled with Intense interest and their
audience was with them every min
ute. Major Edwards has now been re
turned to Canada for duty at Rest
haven Military Convalescent Hospi
tal. He was recommended for the
military cross in October, 1916, and
received special mention in dispatches
by Sir Douglas Haig.
I The Hun is Obnoxious.
Captain E. J. Gook, who entered
the service with the Western Canad
ianCavalry in August, 1914, said he
went over to France because his
country was at war and he wanted to
get a chance at the enemy.
"I went over to France with my
mind unprejudiced against the Hun,
and I wanted to give him the benefit
of the doubt in all that I had heard
said against him," said Captain
Gook. "But after I had talked with
those Belgian refugees, those poor
women of that devastated country
and the women of northern France, I
learned a few things about the Hun."
Captain Gook says ways and means
for killing the Germans cannot be de
vised . quick enough. "The more
Huns we kill and the sooner we kill
them, the quicker the war will end."
Captain Gook saw duty at Ypres,
the Somme and Festubert as well as
in many other engagements.
At Festubert, in an assault on Ger
man third line trenches Captain Gook
stopped two soft-nosed machine gun
bullets, which entered his right side
and traversed the stomach. Con
trary to all predictions, he recovered.
It was also his fortune to be
"gassed" at the second battle of
Ypres. The full complement of bis
wounds Includes one In the left el
bow.
Following recovery from his
wounds, Captain Gook served as an
interpreter . in military training
schools In France and England. He
was also Provost-Marshal In London
for some months, and air raids are by
no means novelties to him.
Morrow County Farmers' Union
Meets and Passes Resolutions
Favoring Use of Split
Log Drag.
The Morrow County Farmers' Un
ion held their semi-annual meeting at
the court house in Heppner Saturday
afternoon and elected otlicers for the
ensuing year. The farmers went on
record in two resolutions, one favor
ing the harnessing of the John Day
river for cheaper electrical power,
and the other urges the use of the
split log drag to the end that better
roads be maintained.'
The officers elected for the ensuing
year were E. R. Huston, president; C.
E. Jones, vice-president; R. W. Tur
ner, secretary, treasurer; C. N. Jones,
conductor, Oscar Kelthley, chaplain;
A. S. Akers, doorkeeper; M. J. Devin,
Burton H. Peck and A. Gemmell were
elected members of the executive
committee.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas, the great number of cars
on our roads tend to cut deep ruts
and chuck holes that make them dan
gerous for cars and jeopardize human
life, and
Whereas, owners of cars are paying
a special tax for road construction
and maintenance and are entitled to
as good roads as possible, and where
as the scarcity of labor makes It nec
essary for large outfits to be used in
moving crops to market and to suc
cessfully handle a large outfit, we
must have good roads;
Therefore be it resolved, that the
Morrow County Farmers' Union fa
vors the extended use of the split-log
drag after each rain, when necessary
and that each piece of road from 5 to
8 miles long have a man to drag it.
This resolution was adopted unani
mously and a copy ordered sent to
each paper in the county for publica
tion. The second resolution fololws:
Whereas economizing and Hoover
lzing are conspicuously recommended
along all lines of activity, especially
In the use of fuel and food,
And whereas, it has been reported
that It costs about sixty dollars a day
to operate the Heppner Light & Wa
ter Company's plant, owing largely to
the high price of fuel,
And whereas we firmly believe that
the unused power of the water of the
John Day and Columbia rivers could
be made to generate enough electric
ity, light, heat and energy to supply a
large amount of power for our state
much cheaper than It is supplied at
present:
Therefore be it resolved, that the
Morrow County Farmers' Union write
the Hon. Frederick H. Newall, com
missioner of water power to use all
honorable means In his power to In
stall the generators necessary to de
velop the electricity and construct
lines to transmit it all over our coun
try.
The resolution was adopted and a
copy ordered sent to the water power
commissioner.
OREGON PLANS THIRD LOAN DRIVE
-E. M. SHUTT IS
Patriotic Oregon assembled at the
hotel Multnomah in Portland Tues
day, through county representation,
and plans were laid for the third big
Liberty Loan Drive which will be
under way all over the United States
by the 15th of March. It is estimated
ed that Oregon must raise $50,000,
000 as its quota.
The seriousness of the big task
ahead was fully emphasized by A. L.
Mills president of the First National
Bank of Portland and he said that the
state must get a far greater number
of subscribers than in either of the
two former drives. .. Mr. Mills said,
"We must comb the state with a fine
toothed comb in the sale of bonds."
Morrow county was represented at
the meeting by E. M. Shutt, who will
serve as county chairman In the com
ing drive. Mr. Shutt returned home
Wednesday evening and says work of
organizing Morrow county's forces
will start early in the month of Feb
ruary. Mr. Shutt said In regard to
LEXINGTON ITEMS.
Mrs. E. L, McAlister has just com
pleted the Installing of a good wind
mill and pumping plant at her place
just outside the city limits of Lexing
ton. K. L. Beach did the work and
states that Mrs. McAlister has one of
the best wells in that section. The
well is something over 300 feet deep
and contains an abundant flow of
good water and is a very valuable ad
dition to the McAlister farm.
Among recent building improve
ments at Lexington Is a new garage
on the city property of Dan Summers.
The little building Is strictly modern
and up-to-date, being partly of con
crete construction and handily ar
ranged to take care of the auto. Gus
Johnson did the work and is proud
of the finished product.
J. M. White is completing the In
stalling of plumbing in his city home.
Hot and cold water piped to conven
ient parts of the house, new toilet fix
tures and bath room fittings make the
equipment complete. K. L. Beach,
the Lexington plummer, is doing the
work.
The Ladles Aid of the Congrega
tional church are having an addition
built on to the church. This addition
will contain a couple of Sunday
School rooms and a kitchen. The
new rooms will be used also as work
rooms by the church ladies and the
kitchen will eventually be fully equi
ped and become a most useful ad
junct in the activities of the church.
The addition of the Sunday School
rooms is an improvement long needed
In carrying on the work of the school
and Supt. Karl Beach greatly appre
ciates this Improvement.
STREETS OF HEPPNER
TO BE
Seven Thousand Dollars To Be Ex
pended Is Putting Crushed
Rock On Main Thor
oughfares. The city council of Heppner has de
cided that the streets will be improv
ed. The idea is to put crushed rock
on themain thoroughfares and the
council will expend $7000 on this
work, that being the amount now on
hand. They believe that if the crush
ed rock gives the results they hope
for, the people of the city will be
ready and willing to spend more mon
ey in the same manner.
The rock crusher belonging to Mor
row county will be used by the city
officials and men will be put to work
at once crushing the rock. Auto
trucks will be used to haul the ma
terial on to the streets and the work
will be rushed rapidly, once it is
started.
Snow Bread.
As a war time bread, Mrs. L, G.
Herren has suggested "snow bread"
which she says is quite common in
the south. Mrs. Herren says the re
cipe is quite simple, taking equal
part of snow and white corn meal,
adding a pinch of said and pouring
level full in a pan. The bread should
be baked In a real hot oven to give
the best results, according to Mrs.
Herren and the drier the snow the
better. She says the bread is fine
and many people prefer It to light
bread.
Ike Howard and family ' of lone
were Tuesday evening callers in
Heppner.
MORROW'S CHAIRMAN
each county's apportionment, it was
first suggested that the quota be
based upon the assessed valuation of
property In each county, but that was
considered nnfalr to the extent that
In many counties situated as Is Mor
row, much of the property Is held by
non-residents. So the quota will
probably be based on bank deposits,
! taking the December 31st, 1917,
bank statements as a working basis.
Robert E. Smith of Roseburg, who
la executive manager for the third
Liberty Loan, predicts snccess for the
drive. He said, "In the selection of
a, man from every county in the state
you come pretty nearly getting the
sentiment of the whole state, and it
Is very evident that the attitude of
the whole people of Oregon is to keep
the state at the head of the list. It
looks like 100 per cent from every
county in the state, and I feel, confi
dent from the attitude of the county
, committeemen that such -will be the
IRRIGON NEWS NOTES
An auxilliary to the Morrow county
Red Cross Chapter was organized last
Friday night at Irrigon. The meet
ing was held in the waiting room of
the new depot. Mrs. Seaman was
chosen chairman, Mrs. Stayman, sec
retary and Mrs. Suddarth, treasurer
Another meeting will be called as
soon as word is received from the
chapter at Heppner.
We are glad to note that Mrs. Paul
Jones reurned to her home here Sat
urday from Ontario, Ore., where she
has been under the doctor's care for
some time. She was accompanied by
her mother who will stay with her
until she is well again.
A number of Irrlgonites took in
the debate at Hermiston last Friday
night and were very mueh surprised
by the ability displayed .by the Her
miston team, -r "
The government camp is fast dis
appearing from this place, as they
have sold and are shipping away a
large amount of stuff to other points.
Oscar Corey was down from Uma
tilla the first of the week and spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Castle.
George Caldwell will soon be one
of Uncle Sam's boys, as he passed the
exanlnation in the first class.
Ray Castle was here from Colorado
visitipg his parents. He expects to be
called for service soon.
Mr. Klitz was called home Friday
night by the death of his father-in-
law.
L. M. Davis shipped a veal to Pen-
dleon last Monday.
FARMERS BANK HELD
Emniett Cochran Is Added to Direct
orate and Clifford M. 81ms Is
Made Assistant Cashier.
Bank Makes Rapid
Growth.
The first annual meeting of the
Farmers & Stockgrowers National
Bank of Heppner was held at the
bank last Saturday afternoon. There
was a good representation of stock
holders present. At the- conclusion
of the stockholders' meeting the di
rectors elected Eminett Cochran a
member of the board and Clifford M.
Sims was made assistant cashier.
The cashier's report was gone over
and the bank shows a healthy steady
growth since it opened its doors last
July.
With the addition of Mr. Cochran
to the board of directors the bank of
ficials feel that the prestige of the in
stitution has been greatly increased.
Mr. Cochran has been a resident of
Grant county for many years, being
engaged in the sheep and cattle busi
ness there until he sold out a few
months ago. He Is planning on mov
ing to Heppner to make his home.
Mr. Sims, who has been elected to
the position of assistant cashier, has
been with the bank for the past three
months. He was graduated from the
University of Oregon and was for
merly with the First National Bank
of Eugene.
The officers and directors of the
Farmers and Stockgrowers National
Bank are now composed of the fol
lowing men: J. W. Beymer, presi
dent; Frank Anderson, vicepresldent;
J. W. Creath, vice-president; S. W.
Spencer, cashier; C. M. Sims, assist
ant cashier; W. T. Matlock, J. G.
Thomson, J. D. French and Emuiett,
Cochran. 1
Red Cross Made 500 Bandages.
In their attempt to turn out the
huge Order of several thousand sur
gical bandages on time the women of
the local Red Cross chapter complet
ed 500 of them during the past week.
Mrs. L. G. Herren director of surgi
cal supplies says the order will be
completed on time if every woman
does her full duty and she is asking
the hearty co-operation of every
worker.
Taylor Is New Depot Agent.
J. L. Taylor for several years agent
for the O. W. R. & N. Co. at Heppner
Junction has been appointed agent at
Heppner to fill the position made va
cant by the resignation of J. B. Hud
dleston. Mr. Huddleston was forced, thru
111 health, to give up his duties here
and he is now In Portland, where he
is undergoing .-medical treatment.
His condition at this time is said to
be improved."''
Mr. Taylor will take up his duties
he first of the month and both he and
Mrs. Taylor have already arrived in
Heppner to make their home.
Finish Good Well.
Taylor Bros!', well, drillers of Lex
ington, have Just finished a good well
on the Dan Summer place, one and a
half miles north of Lexington. At a
depth of 170 feet a fine flow of water
has been secured and pumping at the
rate of 200 gallons per minute failed
to reduce the supply to any appre
ciable extent. Mr. Summer will in
stall a complete pumping plant at
this well and from thenceforth and
forever will be relieved of the task
of hauling water. The Taylor drill
ing outfit has been moved to the Roy
Tyler place, the old Yount place, east
of Lexington and the work of sinking
a well there will be undertaken at
once.
HEPPNER MEN ARE
NOW AT MARE ISLAND
Elra Hayes Writes Interesting Let.
tor to Home Folks. Sam Turner
Recently Left Hospitals-Meets
Phelps and Coshow. "
The big bunch of Heppner young
men who left Heppner In the early
part of December to enlist in the Uni
ted States Navy, are now In training
at Mare Island, according to a letter
received by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hayes
of this city from their son Elra. The
letter is herewith published:
Mare Island, Jan. 24, 1918.
Dear Folks:
Received your most welcome letter
and was sure glad to hear from you.
We landed in Portland on Satur
day, the 9th. Among us were Sam
Turner, Glenn Jones, Harold Cohn,
Ralph Justus, Guyle Shurte, Bob My
ers and myself. Coming down we
picked up a lot more, and at The
Dalles were given a special car. Time
passed away pretty good as we-sang.
The next morning all of us Hepp
ner boys except Ralph Justus and
Guyle Shurte, went to the recruiting
office, which was jammed full. , We
managed to get some preliminary pa
pers and then we were examined, and
we all passed. At the Imperial hotel
we ran into Miles Potter and Sid Hal
lock, then Burl Gurdane came down
and enlisted. At the recruiting sta
tion we were told to show up on the
13th and be shipped out, but we did
n't get to go until the 15th. While
in Portland Phill Cohn and W. B.
Potter gave us a dinner party at the
Imperial hotel, which we enjoyed
very much.
At 11 o'clock the night of the 14th
we went to the recruiting office and
received transportation and we made
the trip two in a berth. W all en-e
Joyed the trip.
At Monday noon we landed at Goat
Island, where we were given clothes
and sent up to the D camp.
We had on whites, with a watch
cap. Our full share of clothes con
sists of three suits of white, two of
blue, four pair of sox, tooth paste and
brush, "hair brush (which we don't
have to use yet), three white hats, P
coat, 4 suits of underwear, 2 heavy
and 2 light; two pairs of shoes, 2
pairs of blankets, one mattress cover,
one mattress, 1 sea bag, one pair of
tennis shoes, two pairs of shoes,
swimming trunks and a neckerchief
and overshoes. We are allowed $100
for clothes.
The boys already In D camp called
us rookies, asked us where we were
from, and told us we would lose that
long l.air, which we did very soon.
Wc were there two days before we
were vaccinated and got our T. P.
This serum is injected into the right
arm and we got three of them, one
every week, and it made us feel pret
ty bum. A company was formed and
we started training.
There Is a Y. M. C. A. which fur
nished free writing material and en
tertainment. At the end of 21 days
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COUNTY AGENT
BEEN APPOINTED
F. R. Brown Is New Agriculturist For
Morrow County. Has Already
Fntered Upon His New
Duties.
F. R. Brown, graduate of the Ore
gon Agricultural College with the
class of 1310 and for the past five
years with the extension department
of the college, has been appointed
county agricultural agnt for Morrow
county.
Mr. Brown, accompanied by leader
of county agents, Paul V. Marls, ar
rived in Heppner Tuesday and im
mediately put the machinery in run
ning order. Mr. Brown will make
his home in Heppner and his wife,
who is now on the Brown farm near
Spokane, will arrive in a short time.
The new agent is much pleased'
with the co-operation he is receiving
from the county court and he enters
enthusiastically upon the task before
him.
It is likely that Mr. Brown will
maintain an office in the Roberts
building, although this has not been
definitely decided yet.
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS it is deemed necessary
by- the Mayor and the City Council
of the City of Heppnar, Oregon, that
persons without permission of the
Mayor, be prohibited from approach
ing within 20 feet of any of the Pub
lic Warehouses or Elevators in tho
City from one hour after sun-down to
one hour before sun-rise.
NOW THEREFORE, I hereby pro
claim and establish a restricted dis
trict of 20 feet about all Public Ware
houses and Elevators within the City,
and all persons except those having
written permission from the Mayor
of the said City are hereby prohibited
from approaching within 20 feet of
any of said Warehouses or Elevator
from one hour after sun-down to),
hour before Bun-rise.
- W. W. SMEAD, Mayoi
Cecil Shurte Dies in California.
Relatives and friends in Heppner
were shocked the first of the week
when they learned that Miss Cecil
Shurte had died at Oakland, Calif.
Although Miss Shurte had gone to
California for her health, which had
not been the best for some time, yet
her condition was not considered ser
ious. In a letter received only a few
days ago by Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Shurte, no reference was made as to
her condition.
The body was shipped to Arlington
for burial.
Cecil Shurte had a host of friends
in Morrow and Gilliam counties. She
was a young woman of sterling char
acter and lovable disposition. For
two years she was in charge of the
switch boards at the local phone of
fice of the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph Company.
Smileage Campaign Next Month.
"The Smileage Book campaign will
not open in Oregon until next month
according to announcements sent out
by the state council of defense. W.
W. Smead will manage the local cam
paign and will appoint the commit
tees in the various localities next
week.
In another column of The Gazette
Times will be found a public sale ad
of F. A. Stoops and son of lone. Hera
Is a chance for you Mr. Farmer to
pick up some good stuff at an easy
price. E. E. Miller of lone will be
the auctioneer and the sale will be
held Saturday, the 9th of February.
Next Sunday wo shall be
gin a short series of morning
sermons on the Lord's Pray
er. Nothing in all literature
has exerted a greater influ
ence on human thought and
conduct than the few sen
tences known as the Lord's
Prayer, and thoughtful peo
ple will enjoy the study of
them.
H. A. NOYES, Pastor
FEDERATED